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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1894
Page
3
The paper adopts a policy charging at least five cents per line for cards of thanks notices of respect obituaries other than editor supplied items and for church and society notices and other entertainments from which revenue is derived.
To Our Subscribers announces a reduced annual price for the Mirror and urges timely advance payment for the coming year. The note promises a first class paper and invites liberal response from readers.
Miss Mary Williams visits Nash friends. Miss Ross Smith stays with the Hadley family. Capt Hodges returns from Norfolk. lawn party by St Timothy's Guild at Mrs Branch. Miss Petronella Pate and Miss Mamie Paschall visit Mrs Paschal. Misses Nannie Branch and Annie Simpson return from St Mary's. artist C O Brown to open crayon class at Winstead gallery. life sized crayon portraits offered from $2.50. Miss Lollie Lewis returns from Lizzie Pace visit. Hill hosts dime party for church organ funds. Estelle Brodie attends St Mary's commencement. Mrs Louisa Strickland returns from Nash visit. Nash health benefits noted. advertisement for Ayer s Sarsaparilla promotes health benefits.
The piece invites a Wilmington trip via the steamer Wilmington to the Orton hotel in Wilmington and a sail down the Cape Fear River to visit Old Brunswick Fort Fisher and Southport. It notes Allery Hall near Southport for refreshments and boat trips, plus a side discussion of Mrs. Z. B. Vance moving her husband’s remains and a legal dispute before Judge Shuford over future disturbances of the graves.
Wake Forest College held commencement exercises over Tuesday and Wednesday with large attendance of trustees alumni and the public. The alumni address urged focus on capable learners in The Old Field School and the Wednesday address to the graduates was highly praised. The graduating class was described as among the finest in recent memory with notable graduates including Prof. Simmons Rev Thos H Pritchard Judge Faircloth C M Cooke and Judge Joe Davis. The article commends the course of study and training as fit for any path and compares the college favorably to peers in the South.
The article recalls Mr Henry Blount leaving for Morehead City to deliver an opening address and reports the death of Ellis Strickland, 22, son of Haywood Strickland of Finch Nash County after a prolonged typhoid illness. The piece offers sympathy to the bereaved father.
Mt. Lebanon Lodge elected E. M. Nadal as W M J. D. Bullock S W Dr C E Moore J W S C Wells Treasurer Frank Rountree Secretary W P Snakenburg Teller Officers to be installed by Past Grand Master G W Blount on Monday night the 25th A picnic for Masons and families was set for the 26th at Finch's Mill with a note to remember the orphans Mt Lebanon Lodge will attend the 11 a m festival service at the Episcopal Church on Sunday June 24th by invitation.
The journal reports on Morganton hospitality during the Press Convention with remarks on the town’s institutions such as the hospital for the insane and the deaf and dumb asylum, plus local industry like a large tannery and mills. It notes speeches at a banquet, Avery's remarks on North Carolina history, and Erwin’s election as president of the association. It also mentions Richmond and Danville rail road reorganizing as Southern Railway Co with A. B. Andrews elected vice president.
The Masons will celebrate St John’s day in Oxford North Carolina on the 22nd of this month. The Grand Lodge meets there and the Oxford Orphan Asylum, owned by North Carolina Masons, stands as a major charitable factor.
A high noon wedding occurred today at the First Presbyterian Church in Washington with a large audience in attendance. The ceremony featured a formal marriage in a traditional church setting.
Josephus Daniels records a Civil Service Commission official Mr Paul V Bunn of Wilson N C marrying Miss Bertie Bailey daughter of a local attorney The best man was Dr Sterling Ruffin The couple toured Niagara and Canada Daniels credits Bunn for his distinguished position and brings pride to the city.
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Co offers summer excursion tickets from June 1 to September 30 1894 to Seashore and Mountain Resorts in North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia. Tickets are valid for return until October 1 with stopovers at all resort points in both directions. W E R Vele, General Passenger Agent.
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